Mobile analytics firm Flurry is reporting that mobile device owners downloaded apps 242 million times on Christmas Day. By comparison, smartphone and tablet owners average 33 million downloads on a
In 2011, many independent developers received letters from firms like Lodsys or Intellectual Ventures which demanded that mobile developers pay licensing fees on patents owned by those companies. Experts say
OpenLogic has announced that its open source CloudSwing platform as a service (PaaS) solution can now be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. CloudSwing allows enterprises to create their own customized
Two recent surveys had shed light on pervasive security problems in applications. A CAST survey found that companies have $3.6 million of technical debt that needs to be addressed, and
With more than a dozen enterprise architecture (EA) certifications available, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for architects to decide which certification to pursue. In order to help, Microsoft’s Mike Walker has
More companies will adopt service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives and agile practices in 2011, and are more likely to virtualize their apps than move them to the cloud – these are
Software applications rarely experience a uniform workload. The workload varies by different months in a year, different weeks in a month, different days in a week as well as different
One of the many buzzwords in technology and computing today is ?cloud.? With the rise in popularity of smart phones, many consumers now deal with the cloud on a daily
Veracode’s Fergal Glynn recently did an analysis of the number of bugs in applications and found a strange seasonal cycle. For most of the year, the number of security issues
William Vambenepe compares enterprise application development to cooking. Things always go best in the kitchen if you use the right tool for each job, but it sometimes seems more practical
Big data and data science are hot topics in enterprises, but companies often find it hard to find workers with the advanced mathematical skills they need for these disciplines. McKinsey
Distimo reports that China accounted for just 18 percent of iPhone app downloads at the beginning of 2011, but that jumped up to 30 percent by November. When you add
JQuery, the open source, cross-browser JavaScript library, simplifies event handling, animations and general development of responsive Web applications. The official jQuery Web site states: “JQuery is designed to change the
The latest report from Nielsen has good news for the mobile development industry. Average smartphone owners now have 33 apps on their devices — up from 22 apps a year
A new survey conducted by Serena Software at a recent Gartner summit asked enterprise IT managers about their application development priorities for 2012. Among those surveyed, 68 percent said delivering
A new survey from Intuit QuickBase reveals that 20 percent of information workers have built or modified a Web app or software they need for work. Approximately 17 percent of
The Cloud Foundry open source platform as a service (PaaS) solution now includes a .NET Framework implementation. IaaS provider Tier3 announced that it would donate the code for Iron Foundry,
There’s nothing new about an established brand with a physical presence opening an online app store, but for the first time an online app store is opening up a brick-and-mortar
There are several new features being introduced with the new release of JDK 7. Some of the important changes that will be introduced in Java 7 include: Project Coin Join/Fork
Making good on an earlier promise, Microsoft has released a new version of its Azure cloud computing platform that includes some Hadoop capabilities. However, for now, it’s just a preview.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program to create applications that can coordinate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) programs. Many of these applications rely on
Google has unveiled some more statistics about the success of the Android mobile operating system. According to the company, the Android Market passed the 10 billion download mark over the
An analysis of 745 applications by Cast Software finds that Java apps have the most violations of standard development practices per line of code. When application developers are rushed to
At the GigaOM Net:Work conference, Podio CEO Tommy Ahlers said that enterprise application development pros shouldn’t try to build too many features into their apps. Instead, he said devs should
According to code-testing vendor Veracode, the company finds security vulnerabilities in 84 percent of desktop and Web applications when they are submitted for testing the first time. Two-thirds of those
While hard statistics can be hard to find, several developers say that their sales and downloads through the Amazon Appstore have skyrocketed after the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet.
A federal court in New Mexico has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents RIM from using the trademark “BBX,” the name the company had been using for the next
With demand for skilled programmers on the rise, many organizations are offering new training programs that teach application development skills. Recently, several of those organizations have attracted funding from investors.
Following weeks of speculation about whether HP would sell the WebOS platform it acquired with the purchase of Palm, company CEO Meg Whitman has announced that WebOS will become open
At a recent conference in Paris, Forrester Research’s Chairman and CEO George Colony challenged attendees to change the way they think about the Internet. He posited his theory that the